Practical observations on the symptoms, discriminations, and treatment of some of the most important diseases of the lower intestines, and anus ... To which are added, some suggestions upon a new and successful mode of correcting habitual confinement in the bowels ... / By John Howship.

  • Howship, John, 1781-1841.
Date:
1824
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical observations on the symptoms, discriminations, and treatment of some of the most important diseases of the lower intestines, and anus ... To which are added, some suggestions upon a new and successful mode of correcting habitual confinement in the bowels ... / By John Howship. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may not be sufficient to ensure its right application, so prone is the human mind to run into idle and wild excess, unless every effort be made under the direction of superior age, and greater experience. These reflections naturally lead to the source whence so many and so great advantages as I have enjoyed have been principally derived, inducing me to acknowledge my still increasing obligations to Mr. Heaviside, whose example first inspired me with determination and perseverance, and the honor of whose steady patronage, and warm friend- ship, still continues to be my greatest comfort, and chief pride. It will be observed, that I have been careful, particularly with regard to morbid structure, to distinguish what I have seen and examined with my own hand, from what has been given on the authority of others. This care seems necessary, having found that in circumstances relating even to the leading principles of Pathology, error has occasionally crept in ; and mere fancy, through the medium of generally received opinion, has at length assumed all the importance of fact. For some valuable additions, in illustration, lam indebted to the friendly attention of Mr. Spilsbury, of Walsall, in Staffordshire; a gentleman whose zeal for the improvement of his profession is mani- fested by the readiness with which he kindly fa- voured me with the more recent fruits of his expe- rience, upon these subjects. I have also taken the liberty to avail myself of such facts as appeared interesting in looking over the few works that I have had leisure to consult; but in so doing have been careful not to omit acknowledging my obliga- tions.